Phil Smith: Albion’s Eco-eerie Book

In ‘Albion’s Eco-eerie: TV and Movies of the Haunted
Generations’ Phil Smith takes us through a selection of weird films and
TV shows and uncovers a wholly unexpected ecological and political
message. Unlike most approaches to folk horror or hauntology, we are
interested here in an alternative reading; one that attends to the
unhuman characters, the materials and the edgeland spaces. A
hobgoblinology.
“‘Albion’s Eco-eerie’ is a fantastic exploration into culture’s
obsession with ‘the other’. Dissecting some of our most regarded folk
horror creations, to present us with the political and theoretical heart
that beats inside. How our desire for escape through parallel worlds
holds the key for a deeper future. The perfect companion to Mark
Fisher’s ‘The Weird and The Eerie’.”
Maxine Peake
“It is a bold book that takes the weaving path of blood, trauma and
sensuality away from Folk Horror and fashionable ‘hauntology’ into new,
enchanted spaces. Digging up and doubling down on messy ideas and demon
lovers that exist not to elevate us to transcendence but to immerse us
in the mud of grotty instinct.”
Stephen Volk, author of The Dark Masters Trilogy and Ghostwatch
Albion’s Eco-eerie invites us to side with the goblins and the
exploited mutant hordes. It provides an essential guide for future
living on a coming Planet B.
Paperback, 133 pp.
Films and TV shows discussed:
Night of the Demon
The Maze
The Company of Wolves
The Quatermass Xperiment
Quatermass 2
The Strange World of Planet X
Fireball XL5: ‘Plant Man from Space’
Quatermass and the Pit
O Lucky Man!
The Changes
Children of the Stones
Whistle and I’ll Come to You
A Warning to the Curious
The Lovecraft Investigations (podcast)
Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II
The Girl with All the Gifts